An application gateway including application service programming positioned at a user premises can provide voice controlled and managed services to a user and one or more endpoint devices associated with the application gateway. The application gateway can be controlled remotely by the application service provider through a service management center and configured to execute an application service provided from the application service provider. The application gateway can execute the application service at the user premises upon voice command by a user and independent of application services executing on the application service provider's network. An application service logic manager can communicate with an application service enforcement manager to verify that the request conforms with the policy and usage rules associated with the application service in order to authorize execution of the application service on the application gateway, either directly or through endpoint devices.

An application gateway including application service programming positioned at a user premises can provide voice controlled and managed services to a user and one or more endpoint devices associated with the application gateway. The application gateway can be controlled remotely by the application service provider through a service management center and configured to execute an application service provided from the application service provider. The application gateway can execute the application service at the user premises upon voice command by a user and independent of application services executing on the application service provider's network. An application service logic manager can communicate with an application service enforcement manager to verify that the request conforms with the policy and usage rules associated with the application service in order to authorize execution of the application service on the application gateway, either directly or through endpoint devices.

The disclosure is directed to providing content access control in information centric networking (ICN) networks. Methods and systems include hardware and/or software that perform operations for sending to a content provider of an ICN network an access request for content in response to receiving a first content request from a client. The operations also include receiving from the content provider access control information for the content. The operations further include sending to the client a challenge. Additionally, the operations include receiving from the client an authorization of the content provider that includes information obtained by the client from the content provider based on the challenge. Furthermore, the operations include verifying the authorization received from the client using the access control information received from the content provider. Moreover, the operations include sending to the client the content.

A video optimizer receives a request to optimize a source file and stream the optimized file. The request may be accompanied by a key uniquely identifying the original source file to be optimized and an optimized version of the source file to stream to the client. The key uniquely identifies the source video file as it exists on an origin server to prevent transmission of modified source video and the optimized version of the source file by optimization parameters to ensure compatibility with the user device. The video optimizer queries a cache database in response to the received request, which contains references keys and locations of optimized source files among local caches in a cluster of video optimizers. The cache database responds indicates whether a matching optimized version of the source file exists in a local cache of a given video optimizer in the cluster.

A media file processing method, comprising: receiving a request for downloading a target streaming media file; obtaining, in response to the request, a uniform resource locator (URL) of the target streaming media file; determining, according to first pattern information of a header of the URL, whether the target streaming media file is a streaming media file of a Microsoft Media Server (MMS) Protocol; in accordance with a determination that the target streaming media file is a streaming media file of the MMS Protocol, determining, according to a preset correspondence between URL pattern information and a plurality of network communication protocols, a first network communication protocol of the plurality of network communication protocols, that corresponds to the first pattern information of the header of the URL as a target network communication protocol; and obtaining the target streaming media file from a target server by using the target network communication protocol.

A system for processing messages of a high rate data stream and an apparatus including: a message processor including a plurality of processor sub-modules and configured to read an input data stream, process the input data stream, and to output an output data stream; at least one payload memory storing data related to the input data stream and accessible to the message processor; at least one instruction memory accessible to the message processor and storing computer program instructions configuring the message processor to process the input data stream; and an application processor configured to rewrite the at least one instruction memory.

A method for performing initial registration is provided. The method includes receiving a server timeout message, the server timeout message including at least a field set to a value equal to a value received during a first registration. The method further includes initiating restoration procedures by performing an initial registration.

A computer implemented method allocates wireless network and adaptive video streaming resources in environments with high device density. The network has one or more access points and at least one user device. The stages of the method include obtaining the information from radio access network or video service telemetry; generating a resource allocation list between each user device and at least one channel with an associated representation index, distributing the resource allocation list, performing at least one handover and at least one video rate recommendation.

A computer implemented method allocates wireless network and adaptive video streaming resources in environments with high device density. The network has one or more access points and at least one user device. The stages of the method include obtaining the information from radio access network or video service telemetry; generating a resource allocation list between each user device and at least one channel with an associated representation index, distributing the resource allocation list, performing at least one handover and at least one video rate recommendation.

Systems and methods for virtual interactions are described. One or more users can view or listen to media, react to the media and share such media experience virtually with others. The media experience can take place synchronously, asynchronously or both.